Behind the Scenes: How Acting and Modelling Actually Work

A simple accounting system to track your earnings, manage expenses, and calculate your real hourly rate while ensuring you get paid on time.

Discover what actually restores your energy in ten minutes, an hour, or an evening, and how to manage your free time between filming blocks to avoid burnout.

Learn how to manage your body's rhythms during unpredictable shoots, recover from sleep deprivation between shifts, and restore your energy after a production block.

A practical guide on identifying events, objectives, and obstacles to transform your auditions and on-set work from emotional guesswork into precise action.

Learn what a fitting is, why it matters to brands, and how to prepare professionally to ensure you secure the booking.

Learn when the clock starts ticking, what constitutes a full shift, and how to handle overtime, standby, and travel to ensure you are paid fairly.

Learn how to assemble a working portfolio when your filmography is nearly empty: where to find onset experience, what to shoot independently, and what actually counts toward your professional profile.

Francis Lawrence adapts Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping with Joseph Zada, Ralph Fiennes and Elle Fanning. It opens on 20 November.

The film co-starring Scarlett Johansson competed at Cannes and opens in US cinemas on 13 November.

The biopic of the coach and broadcaster behind the famous video game series arrives on Prime Video on 18 November, with Christian Bale as Raiders owner Al Davis.

Discover how to turn a festival into a professional networking hub, from accessing the right events to making lasting industry connections.

Learn the ideal length for your showreel, which clips to keep or cut, the best sequencing, and how to handle a lack of professional material.